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GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 GPU parts: GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. MSRP range: $299 · $399. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti leads on 8 of 9 shared benchmarks (22% in 3DMark Speed Way); the GeForce RTX 4060 takes 1 (5% in PassMark G2D Mark). On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s in the community runs on file.

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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecGeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
vram gb 88
vram type GDDR6GDDR6
tdp w 115200
cuda cores 30724864
rt cores 24—
tensor cores 96—
process nm 5—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkGeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) 24,856 points29,426 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) 12,086 points13,898 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) —7,126 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) 6,327 points7,038 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) 2,710 points3,297 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) 2,309 points2,689 points
3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (higher is better) 2,313 points2,691 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) 11,413 points12,253 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) 1,038 pts990 pts
PassMark G3D (higher is better) 19,488 points—
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) 19,512 pts20,264 pts
Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better) 16 rank—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.

GeForce RTX 4060

  • llama3.2:1b: 134.0 tok/s
  • deepseek-coder:6.7b: 52.9 tok/s
  • deepseek-coder:6.7b: 52.9 tok/s

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

  • deepseekr1:32b: 863.0 tok/s
  • llama2:7b: 86.7 tok/s
  • llama2:7b: 75.6 tok/s

All NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti AI benchmarks →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the GeForce RTX 4060 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti leads on 8 of 9 shared benchmarks (22% in 3DMark Speed Way); the GeForce RTX 4060 takes 1 (5% in PassMark G2D Mark).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s in the community runs on file.

What did the GeForce RTX 4060 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti cost at launch?

The GeForce RTX 4060 launched at a $299 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti at $399. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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